Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer Mourns Death of Nephew, Her Sister’s ‘Only Child’
"My family lost the first of the next generation of us, and we're gutted," Octavia Spencer wrote on Instagram Tuesday night, revealing her nephew has...
Octavia Spencer: ‘It’s Okay to be Anxious’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Octavia Spencer teamed up with the Child Mind Institute to share advice on how she is taking care of her mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Octavia Spencer Donates Breathing Monitors to New York And Alabama Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Octavia Spencer donated breathing monitors to nursing and medical facilities in her home state of Alabama and the state of New York amid the COVID-19...
Octavia Spencer Says LeBron James Helped Negotiate Appropriate Pay for Netflix’s Madam C.J. Walker Series
LeBron James helped Octavia Spencer secure equal pay for her upcoming Netflix biopic series based on Madam C.J. Walker's life....
Octavia Spencer Stars in ‘Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker’ in Upcoming Netflix Series
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is a four-part limited series that is scheduled to premiere on March 20....
‘Hidden Figures’: Don’t Just See the Movie, Read the Book!
I saw the movie, and it’s great—but reading the book is a much richer experience. Since this is Women’s History Month, I couldn’t think of...
3 Screen Actors Guild Awards Speeches That Left Us All Hopeful
During the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony, winners used their platforms to project messages of love and rejected messages of intolerance and hate....
IBM and “Hidden Figures” Celebrate Jeanette Epps’ Foremothers
A panel about the movie "Hidden Figures," was moderated by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien and hosted by IBM. It's a great time to celebrate black...
‘Hidden Figures’ Reveals the Power of Math
Unfolding from the 1940s to the 1960s, the story, as Hidden Figures film director Theodore Melfi puts it, “… takes place at the collision of...